Foo Fighters’ ‘But Here We Are’ Leads Alternative, Hard Rock Album Charts
Written by djfrosty on June 13, 2023
Foo Fighters earn multiple No. 1 placements on the Billboard charts dated June 17 as their new set But Here We Are crowns Top Alternative Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums, while the LP’s lead single “Rescued” commands Hot Hard Rock Songs.
But Here We Are bows with 62,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the June 2-8 tracking week, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 55,000 units are via album sales.
The release is Foo Fighters’ seventh No. 1 on Top Hard Rock Albums since the chart began in 2007. The band first ruled with Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace in October 2007 and had most recently led with Medicine at Midnight in February 2021.
The Dave Grohl-fronted band slots into a four-way tie for the most leaders in the tally’s history, alongside Five Finger Death Punch, Linkin Park and Pearl Jam.
Most No. 1s, Top Hard Rock Albums:
7, Five Finger Death Punch
7, Foo Fighters
7, Linkin Park
7, Pearl Jam
6, Disturbed
6, Korn
Foo Fighters also boast six Top Alternative Albums rulers with the addition of But Here We Are, their first and most recent also having been Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace and Medicine at Midnight, respectively. The band’s only set to lead Top Hard Rock Albums but not Top Alternative Albums is 2009’s Greatest Hits, which peaked at No. 2 on the latter.
Foo Fighters take sole possession of the second-most Top Alternative Albums No. 1s. Lana Del Rey leads all acts with seven.
Most No. 1s, Top Alternative Albums:
7, Lana Del Rey
6, Foo Fighters
5, Coldplay
5, Disturbed
5, Imagine Dragons
5, Pearl Jam
5, Jack White
But Here We Are also begins at No. 2 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums.
On the all-genre Billboard 200, the album starts at No. 8, marking Foo Fighters’ 10th top 10. The band first reached the region with the No. 10-peaking The Colour and the Shape in June 1997. Of those top 10s, two – 2011’s Wasting Light and 2017’s Concrete and Gold – hit No. 1.
Concurrently, “Rescued,” the first single from But Here We Are, rises 3-1 on the multi-metric Hot Hard Rock Songs list in its eighth week on the tally. It’s the band’s third No. 1 dating to the chart’s 2020 inception, following the eighth-week rule of “Waiting on a War” beginning in February 2021 and the three-week reign of 1997’s “Everlong” in April 2022, the latter following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins.
“Rescued” totaled 10.5 million radio audience impressions, 1.6 million official streams and 1,000 downloads sold June 2-8.
Concurrently, “Rescued” rules Rock & Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock Airplay for a fifth week each and Alternative Airplay for a fourth frame.
Seven songs from But Here We Are appear on Hot Hard Rock Songs, with “Rescued” followed closest by “The Glass” at No. 5 (1.6 million streams).
“Rescued” also jumps 17-12 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, followed by “The Glass” at No. 33.